I am beyond thrilled to announce that my drama “The Last Flight of the Electra” will be produced in 2025 by the theater company Theater23!

Based in Knoxville, Tennessee, Theater23 was founded only recently, in 2023 – by “recovering Californians” – and has been actively engaged over the last year to bring more theater to the Knoxville area, striving “to be a place for actors, directors, designers and artists to create instinctively, taking risks, challenging themselves, above all else, to entertain.”

Despite their newness on the theatrical scene, Theater23 is focused on producing new, intimate, thought-provoking plays – and indeed, in this climate, when fewer and fewer theaters are willing to “take risks” with new work, it’s very impressive and wonderful to see Theater23 stepping out proactively to incubate and support new theatrical works.

Last but not least, I would be amiss not to point out that Theater23 is helmed by playwright and director Tom Eubanks, with whom I had the pleasure of engaging a few years back when he was the Artistic Director of Elite Theatre Company in Oxnard, CA, which ultimately produced the world production of my award-winning historical drama “Fifteen Men in a Smoke-Filled Room.”

I should be learning more in short order as to when “Electra” will be produced – so stay tuned!

(This will be the first time a play of mine has been performed in Tennessee.)